Carissa Moore of Hawaii celebrates winning a second successive Bells Beach title after defeating Tyler Wright in the final on April 23, 2014.

ASP: Kirstin Scholtz

World surfing champion Carissa Moore has won her second successive Bells Beach title defeating Tyler Wright in Wednesday's final.

In a repeat of last year's final the Hawaiian went wave for wave with last year's world championship runner-up and Australian rival Wright.

The pair had also fought out the previous world championship event when Moore beat Wright to win the Margaret River Pro earlier this month.

Resuming their rivalry Moore and Wright started the final both scoring 7.5 rides in the clean off-shore conditions at Bells Beach.

But when Moore posted an 8.73 out of 10 Wright fell short when she came back with an 8.27 ride.

Determined to find the winning ride Wright pushed the limits on a later wave when she almost fell head first onto rocks trying to milk the most out of the ride.

It was not enough to overhaul Moore who went on to win the final 16.23 to 15.77.

Moore, 21, said she had a shaky start to the contest but gained in confidence as the event went on and relished being in another final against friend and rival Wright.

"I was stoked to be in another final with Tyler," Moore said.

"Tyler is an amazing competitor, she has been so strong this year and is looking a definite world title contender."

Moore had edged out Australian and two-time event winner Sally Fitzgibbon in the semi-finals 11.10 to 10.53 earlier in the morning.

Wright, 20, had defeated three-time Bells champion Stephanie Gilmore 17.77 to 13.77 in the other semi-final.

The men's title is expected to be decided later today with three Australians through to the semi-finals.

In the first quarter-final Taj Burrow defeated defending event champion Adriano De Souza of Brazil. In the semi-finals he will oppose Hawaiian young gun John John Florence who took down 11-times world champion Kelly Slater in their quarter-final.

In the third quarter-final Julian Wilson accounted for fellow Queenslander and former world champion Joel Parkinson. In the semi-finals he will face reigning world champ Mick Fanning who eliminated Owen Wright, the brother of Tyler, in the final 40 seconds of their quarter-final